Shaft-support.



'A. N. SANINIARONE.

SHAFT SUPPORT.

APPLICATION man MAY\S.19\1.

Patented Feb. 19, 1918.

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AMATO N. sAMMARoNn, or AKRON, 01H10.

origiiiai applicati@ mea august is, 191e, serial No.

. 1917. Serial To all whom t 'may concern:

Be it known that I, l-*nnvro N. SAMMA- noNn, a citizen of the United States, and aY resident of Akron, in the county of Summit and State of Chio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shaft-Supports, of which the following is a specification.

Myrinvention relates to improvements in shaft bearings or hangers, `and it consists in the combinations, .constructions and arrangements herein described and claimed.

The present application is a division of a prior application, Serial No. 115,264, filed August 1G, 1916. In said prior application the present construction was set forth in connection with an electric dynamo or motor,

An object of the present invention is to provide a shaft bearing or support which is made of pressed sheet metal and which is provided with an oil well, the device having novel means for preventing the leaking of the oil from the oil well.

A further object of my invention is to provide a support which may be applicable to any revolving shaft, said support consisting of two parts made of pressed metal and holding antifrictionV linings ory working surfaces.

A further object of my invention is to provide a support which may be readily taken apart or assembled as desired.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification, and the novel features of the invention will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming part of this plication, in which- Figure 1 is a sectional view of my preferred form of bearings; and

Fig. 2 is a section along the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. u

In the drawings a portion of the sha-ft support or bearing is shown at 3. The support itself has portions A and 5 which are made of pressed sheet metal, these portions facing one another, as shown in the drawing. Each portion is provided with an eX- tension such as that shown at 4x and 5X, these extensions registering yand serving as an annular chamber, the bottom of which constitutes `an oil well.

As will be seen from the drawings, the member i has a flange ly which is provided Specification of Letters Patent.

SHAFT-SUPPORT.

115,264. Divided and this application tiled May 18,

No. 169,527. L

the iange 4Z and is held by means of a bolt 7 or other suitable connecting member which passes through an extension 5y of the member 5 and also through a sleeve 5z which enters the annular Hangers. This construction affords an oil-tight joint.

Disposed within the housing formed by the members l and 5 are the bearing members 9 for the shaft k10. These may be made of any suitable material, the specic composition of'which forms no part of the present invention. These members, as will be seen from Fig. 1, are preferably held in position by means of set screws 11, a space 12 being provided above the `shaft into which a ring 13 may play,the bottom part of this ring 13 dipping into the oil in the oil well formed by the opposed portions 4X and 5X.

The construction described has the following advantages: In the first place it is relatively light, being made of pressed metal. It is easilv taken apart, since the bolts 7 may be withdrawn at any time and the bearing members 9.may be removed or replaced. The construction by means of which the parts are joined together is such that there is no danger of the oil dripping from the oil well. The ring 13 keeps the oil .supplied to the bearings 9.

While I have shown the device` as used in connection with a shaft 10 of a motor or dynamo it is obvious that it might be used V`as a support or hanger for any kind of shafting, such as the main line shafting in manufacturing establishments or for any shafting whatever.

In orderl to fill the oil well conveniently I arrange a filling plug 15 in one of the housing sections, as, for instance, the section 5, and also provide a drain plug 16 which may be removed to drain oil from the oil well.

I am aware that various modifications might be made but I consider as my own all such modifications as fairly fall within the spirit and the scope of the invention.

I claim:

1. A shaft support comprising a pairl of housing members made of pressedY sheet metal, said housingmembers being oppositely disposed and the edges of said members being in contact, one of said housing members having a sleeve, the other of said housing;.membershwvingmr sleevearrangedf metal,VV -sav'Inenfoerslravi=rl1g-contacting to reeeive thearst namedrsleeve, Leap 4ar- -edgesfone of said housing'. members having l@ ranged to Cover the en'cLo-izheaseeond ILullfledI` openings', .sleeyesjearred byi the other hous-r fs1`eeve,.fand a bolt extending through Said ing nien-aber and f11ra11gedV toenter `the operY 1 rst named sleeve and through said ce1-pier' -rrgslolfftheflrst named housing member, and

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